Below is the (rough) running order for the Digital Legacy Conference 2015. It is subject to change and alterations…

• 2pm, doors open – Tea and coffee is served. Music

 3pm Start

• 3.10pm ⇝ Introduction by Master of Ceremonies, Jack Rooke
• 3.20pm ⇝ Introduction by the curator of the RSVP Funeral Invitation Exhibition, Jo Shears
• 3.25pm ⇝ Introduction by James Norris, Founder of DeadSocial and the Digital Legacy Conference.
• 3.30pm ⇝ Evan Caroll, Afterlife: A Retrospective
• 3.50pm ⇝ Sheldon K. Goodman, Cemeteries & Social Media
• 4.10pm ⇝ Dr Mark Taubert, Social media use at the coalface of palliative patient care

4.10pm – Short break, drinks are served

• 4.30pm ⇝ Jack Rooke welcome back / poem
• 4.40pm ⇝ James Norris Digital Death, we need to switch on before we switch off
• 5.10pm ⇝ Andréia Martins, Virtual Wakes in Brazil
• 5.30pm ⇝ Ian Bond, Digital Estate Planning & UK Law

5.50pm – Networking break, drinks are served

• 6.10pm ⇝ Jack Rooke – GOOD GRIEF! How the web helped me make a show about my dad’s death.
• 6.30pm ⇝ Jayne Galinsky, Continuing bonds (virtual seminar – via video)
• 6.50pm ⇝ Dr Korina Giaxoglou, Everywhere I go, you’re going with me: sharing significant moments of life and death in Web 2.0 mourning
• 7.10pm ⇝ Olly Clabburn, MND Diagnoses & Creating a Legacy
• 7.30pm ⇝ Selina Ellis Gray, Remains in the System

7.40pm ⇝ Jack Rooke, Thank you, music & close

• 7.50pm – Networking & last orders at the bar

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8.20pm – 8.30pm close

Head over to a the local pub…(maybe http://bartcr.com?) Suggestions welcome!

Funeral invitations came into use in the 17th century and originally functioned as admission tickets because space in the church and at the funeral feast was limited.  The invitations were incredibly ornate and depicted classic symbols such as hour glasses and skulls.

RSVP is a fresh look at this tradition.  It is a collection of work made in a number of different mediums and styles by 25 international artists.

‘Home’ by Benjamin Phillips

We are delighted and very excited that RSVP will be taking place the first annual Digital Legacy Conference.

Artists exhibiting their work

• Paul Koudounaris
• Pia Interlandi
• Mr Mead
• Dan McCarthy
• Katie Brookes
• Katie Jade Hawker
• Alexa Cach
• Ross Head
• Tabi Electric
• Miriam Byroade
• Rosie Lea
• Claire Spake
• Naomi Wilkinson
• Matt Warren
• Benjamin Phillips
• Tomasin Cuthbert
• Jason Tolmie
• Adam Stenhouse
• Anna Litchensteiger
• Miu Hatano
• David Buchler
• Jen Garmston
• Tasmin Halward
• Grace Helena
• Charlotte Hawke

Tickets for the Digital Legacy Conference (and the RSVP – An Exhibition of Funeral Invitations) are free but limited. They can be attained at http://digitallegacyconference.com/free-tickets

Call for artists & photographers

The Digital Legacy Conference 2015 will take place at UCL Partners on the 23rd May as part of the Dying Matters Awareness Week.

The conference is free to attend and consist of Healthcare professionals, the general public, scholars and those interested in the subject matters addressed.

Photo from DeadSocial’s YODO art exhibition for Dying Matters Awareness Week 2014

Call for Artists

Artists and photographers who would like to exhibit their work at the Digital Legacy Conference should email us with one or more images of their work. It will be the responsibility of the artist/photographer to bring their work to the conference between 10am-11pm on the 23rd May and then take the pieces away at the end of the conference.

Photo from DeadSocial’s ‘Capturing the Sprit of Death’ campaign at the Ideal Death Show 

If you would like to exhibit your work let us know: 

http://digitallegacyconference.com/contact

The Digital Legacy Conference / DeadSocial will not take ‘a cut’ of money for any artwork that is sold during the conference 🙂

This is a ‘MUST WATCH’ video. It’s both beautiful and moving.

Digital grief and bereavement in today’s world will be explored further at the Digital Legacy Conference 2015. To reserve a free ticket visit: http://digitallegacyconference.com/free-tickets/

Digital Legacy and many of the areas we will be addressing would have been seen as Science-Fiction 10 years ago. There always has been a symbiotic between technology and fiction and this is certainly the case when it comes to death and technology.

Comic-Con London will be taking place between the 22nd-24th May in Excel London. We would like to open our invitation to any attendees of Comic-Con who find digital legacy (and such matters) interesting to come along. There is no dress code and we welcome diversity across different genders, education, races, walks of life and comic-book alliances.

• Tickets are free at http://digitallegacyconference.com/free-tickets
• Facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/440286642806009
• Twitter account https://twitter.com/DigitalLegacyCo

Great video from Kevin Honeycutt highlighting the importance of our digital legacy in the near future.

We have opened out call for industry professionals and thought leaders around the subjects of digital death and digital legacy. Please get in touch if you are interested presenting with an outline of your experience and the subject matter you plan to address.